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Kumbh Mela: Consuming the Greatest Show on Earth
India’s Kumbh Mela (literally, “Pitcher Festival”) is mind-boggling in scale. The largest gathering of humans in one time and place, [...]
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Running for Life: Fauja Singh
Fauja Singh, the “Turbaned Tornado,” achieved an impressive feat of will and strength in Hong Kong on Sunday. At 101 [...]
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Anoushka Shankar Joins One Billion Rising Campaign
Anoushka Shankar, daughter of the recently deceased sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar and a renowned sitar player in her own right, [...]
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Kashmiri All-Girl Rock Band Quits After Fatwa
The Kashmir Valley, in India’s far north, has long been a musical hub, with its unique blend of sounds and [...]
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Ban Lifted on Vishwaroopam Film in Tamil Nadu
The Indian state of Tamil Nadu was the stage on which a raging controversy played out recently surrounding the release [...]
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Shahrukh Khan’s Muslim Remarks Ignite Controversy
India’s “cultural emergency,” as author Salman Rushdie recently called it, has taken a new turn – veering towards Bollywood. When [...]
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Salman Rushdie in India for Film Premiere
“Born in the hour of India's freedom. Handcuffed to history.” So goes the tagline for Oscar-nominated director Deepa Mehta’s film [...]
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India and Pakistan set for Cricket Excitement
While parts of the world will enjoying Christmas dinner, India and Pakistan are preparing to meet on the cricket pitch. [...]
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Olympic Committee Suspends India
Indian sports fans may be engrossed in the finely-balanced cricket test-match series with England but even if the home team loses [...]
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Is Father Time Catching up to Sachin Tendulkar?
It is at once unbelievable as well as inevitable. The legend that is Sachin Tendulkar, the giant of Indian and [...]
